Spinach Mornay
This gratin is made with a layer of pre-cooked spinach, then sliced hard-boiled eggs and a Mornay sauce (an enriched bechamel with cheese).
61 K 3.1/5 (8 reviews)
40 min.
Easy
12 people
5 IngredientsLast modified on: June 13th 2024
For 12 people, you will need:
- 1
3.3 oz butter - 2
3 lb + 4.8 oz cooked spinach - 3
12 hard-boiled eggs - 4
1 lb + 5.1 oz Mornay Sauce - 5
5.3 oz grated cheese (optional)
Change measures:
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 15 min.
Cooking: 25 min.
All in all: 40 min.
If you start now, at , you will finish around : ?.Change start time
To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: .Change end time
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 3 min.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Spread 3 lb + 4.8 oz cooked spinach in the bottom.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Slice 12 hard-boiled eggs and arrange on top of the spinach.
Stage 4 - 4 min.
Pour 1 lb + 5.1 oz Mornay Sauce over the eggs.
Stage 5 - 2 min.
For a browner top, you can add a little more more grated cheese.
Stage 6 - 25 min.
Bake in the oven for about 25 minutes until nicely browned on top.
Remarks
This recipe is very approximate, so do feel free to adapt the quantities to whatever you have to hand.
Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 680 RDI=260 % | 920 RDI=90 % | 970 RDI=150 % | 4,000 RDI=200 % | 16,730 RDI: 200 % |
| Per 100 g | 20 RDI=9 % | 30 RDI=3 % | 30 RDI=5 % | 140 RDI=7 % | 600 RDI: 7 % |
| Per person | 60 RDI=20 % | 80 RDI=7 % | 80 RDI=10 % | 330 RDI=20 % | 1,390 RDI: 20 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 12 people : 9.20 €
- Per person : 0.80 €
Change currency: 
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
Cooked spinach
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Baked eggs with chicken and spinach, Spinach and cauliflower with sesame béchamel sauce, Spinach and ricotta ravioli, Fish terrine with spinach and tomatoes, Scrambled eggs with butter-fried bread and fresh spinach, ... See them all 33
Mornay Sauce
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Small green vegetables in Mornay sauce, Manou's zucchinis garnished, Mornay onion tart, ... See them all 3
Butter
Like these other recipes: Chocolate cake, Sausage buckwheat pancakes, Caramelized pear custard tart, Naan, Caramelised apple pie, ... See them all 450
Hard-boiled egg
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Bistro sandwich, Mimosa eggs, Bistro celery salad, Green Piedmont Salad, Fresh spinach with cream, ... See them all 45
Other recipes you may also like
Courgette tart with mint
Fried rounds of courgette in a puff pastry case with a feta and mint filling. You will find that this combination of feta with mint gives an agreeable fresh lift to this tart.June 11th 2011163 K4.1 1 hour 25 min.
Chestnut cake
This delightful cake is doubly chestnutty: it contains chestnut flour, and sweet chestnut purée.May 8th 2020330 K5 1 hour 15 min.
Vanilla sugar
Almost essential in patisserie, you can find it in expensive little sachets of about 10g. It's necessary to distinguish between the vanilla sugar which really contains vanilla, and vanillin sugar, purely chemical which has never seen a vanilla pod. Here is how to quickly make a whole jar full of...August 12th 2018413 K 15 30 min.
Chocolate sauce
This rich smooth chocolate sauce, with its full flavour, is one of the indispensable ingredients of profiteroles, but it can be used with many others desserts.February 21th 2011301 K 24 35 min.
Guacamole
For this typically Mexican recipe there are two main methods: smooth mashed avocado (made with a blender), or simple mashed avocado (made with a fork) with small pieces. And you can add, or not, finely diced tomato. You will find the first version (smooth) below.November 26th 2011293 K4.1 1 hour 25 min.
News list of cooking-ez.com
Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2024-11-24)
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Post a comment or question
Follow this recipe
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.